(a) The Federal Highway Administration is an administration in the Department of Transportation.
(b)(1) The head of the Administration is the Administrator who is appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Administrator reports directly to the Secretary of Transportation.
(2) The Administration has a Deputy Federal Highway Administrator who is appointed by the Secretary, with the approval of the President. The Deputy Administrator shall carry out duties and powers prescribed by the Administrator.
(3) The Administration has an Assistant Federal Highway Administrator appointed in the competitive service by the Secretary, with the approval of the President. The Assistant Administrator is the chief engineer of the Administration. The Assistant Administrator shall carry out duties and powers prescribed by the Administrator.
(c) The Administrator shall carry out-
(1) duties and powers vested in the Secretary by chapter 4 of title 23 for highway safety programs, research, and development related to highway design, construction and maintenance, traffic control devices, identification and surveillance of accident locations, and highway-related aspects of pedestrian safety; and
(2) additional duties and powers prescribed by the Secretary.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 101(d) and 144 of title 23, highway bridges determined to be unreasonable obstructions to navigation under the Truman-Hobbs Act may be funded from amounts set aside from the discretionary bridge program. The Secretary shall transfer these allocations and the responsibility for administration of these funds to the United States Coast Guard.
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| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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| 104(a) | 49:1652(e)(1) (1st sentence related to FHWA). | Oct. 15, 1966,
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| 104(b)(1) | 49:1652(e) (related to FHWA) (1) (less 1st sentence), (3) (last sentence). | |
| 104(b)(2) | 23:303(a)(1) (1st, 2d sentences). | |
| 104(b)(3) | 23:303(a)(1) (last sentence), (b), (c). | |
| 104(c) | 49:1655(f)(3)(B). | Oct. 15, 1966,
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| 23:401 (note). | Sept. 9, 1966,
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| 49:1652(e)(3) (related to FHWA) (less last sentence). | ||
| 104(d) | 49:1652(e)(4) (related to FHWA). | |
| 49:1655(f)(3)(C) (related to FHWA). |
In subsection (b)(1), the words "Each of these components" are omitted as surplus.
In subsection (b)(2), the words "In addition to the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration authorized by section 3(e) of the Department of Transportation Act" in 23:303(a)(1) (1st sentence) are omitted as surplus.
In subsection (b)(3), the words "in the competitive service" are substituted for "under the classified civil service" to conform to 5:2102. The text of 23:303(b), (c) is omitted as unnecessary because sections 322 and 323 of the revised title restate the authority of the Secretary of Transportation.
In subsection (c), the source provisions are consolidated. The words "The Administrator shall carry out duties and powers" are substituted for "The Secretary shall carry out through the Federal Highway Administration those provisions of the Highway Safety Act of 1966 . . . for" in 23:401 (note) and "carry out the functions, powers, and duties of the Secretary" in 49:1655(f)(3)(B) as being more precise, to eliminate unnecessary words, and for consistency. The words "vested in the Secretary" are substituted for "as set forth in the statutes transferred to the Secretary" in 49:1655(f)(3)(B) for clarity and consistency.
In subsection (d), the word "law" is substituted for "statute" in 49:1652(e)(4) for consistency. The words after "administratively final" in 49:1655(f)(3)(C) are omitted as unnecessary because of the restatement of the revised title and those laws giving the right to appeal.
The Truman-Hobbs Act, referred to in subsec. (d), is act June 21, 1940, ch. 409,
1999-Subsec. (c).
Subsecs. (d), (e).
1996-Subsec. (e).
1994-Subsec. (b)(1).
Subsec. (c)(2).
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
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